There are a few reasons the Montreal Canadiens have the NHL’s best record. Lee Stempniak made it 2-0 when he scored a power-play goal at 9:06.
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The Devils continued to exchange odd-man rushes with the Canadiens in the second period and it paid off for them 1:09 into the second when Adam Henrique finished off a 4-on-2 to give them a 1-0 lead.
The opportunity was made possible in the defensive zone, as both Larsson and Greene were caught flat-footed and unable to chase down the speedy Galchenyuk.
Philadelphia won for just the fourth time in 16 games. Keith Kinkaid will likely get the call here as he will face off against a busy Mike Condon. The Sabres had lost their last four home games.
“This is huge”, said Condon, now 8-2-2.
“It’s going to be a little different in their building, but it should not change the way we’re going to approach it. I always love playing in their building”.
In his first game back against the New York Islanders, Price looked uncomfortable, but settled down as the game went on.
BLACKHAWKS 3, DUCKS 2: Artem Anisimov scored 1:53 into overtime and Chicago rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final moments of regulation for a victory at Anaheim.
Devils coach John Hynes, despite seeing his team squander a third-period lead, was satisfied with the point. “The result is always though when you don’t get those two points. We would have liked to have had two”. It’s a very good team with good goaltending.
BLUE JACKETS 2, PENGUINS 1: Cam Atkinson scored with 2:18 left in overtime after a dazzling setup by Brandon Dubinsky and Columbus won at home against Pittsburgh. “That’s what you need”. We found a way to get a point.
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NOTES: Canadiens G Carey Price (lower body) is out at least one week after suffering an injury on Wednesday in NY against the Rangers. Within 30 minutes of the projection by LeBrun, though, the Montreal Gazette announced that RDS’s L’Antichambre show was giving Price a month before he’d see the ice with the team again. D Greg Pateryn was back in the Canadiens’ lineup after being a healthy scratch against the Rangers, replacing Alexei Emelin…. The 27-year-old center, who was a third-round pick of Los Angeles in the 2006 draft, spent the last four seasons in Europe before signing a one-year contract with Montreal in July. The Devils were without LW Tuomo Ruutu (foot), D David Schlemko (lower body) and LW Jiri Tlusty (upper body).
